I’m amazed how the MSM has greeted Edward’s support of Obama as the Second Coming. Look at the facts. Edwards is a shyster trial lawyer who couldn’t even carry North Carolina, his home state, in the ‘04 election. He didn’t run for reelection to the Senate because the polls indicated that he’d be overwhelmingly defeated. His run for president recently with his socialist “two America’s” nonsense reaffirmed his reputation as a serial loser. He’s endorsed Obama and is hanging around because he hopes to become Attorney General or get some other plumb.
Was that an intentional pun, a Freudian slip, or just a misspelling?
plumb (plm) n. 1. A weight on the end of a line, used to determine water depth. 2. A weight on the end of a line, used especially by masons and carpenters to establish a true vertical. adv. 1. In a vertical or perpendicular line. 2. Informal Directly; squarely: fell plumb in the middle of the puddle. 3. also plum Informal Utterly; completely: plumb worn out. See Note at right. adj. 1. Exactly vertical. See Synonyms at vertical. 2. also plum Informal Utter; absolute; sheer: a plumb fool. v. plumbed, plumb·ing, plumbs v.tr. 1. To determine the depth of with a plumb; sound. 2. To test the verticality or alignment of with a plumb. 3. To straighten or make perpendicular: plumb up the wall. 4. To examine closely or deeply; probe: "Shallow ideas are plumbed and discarded" Gilbert Highet. 5. To seal with lead. v.intr. To work as a plumber. Idiom: out of/off plumb Not vertical. [Middle English, lead, a plumb, from Old French plomb, from Latin plumbum, lead.]
I think the word plummet (to fall) may come from the same Latin root.
Or perhaps this is all related to your screen name "Sink".